Talking to The Indian Express, Tyagi said the campaign will be launched on the birth anniversary of Jat leader and RLD founder Chaudhary Ajit Singh on February 12 and will go on till February 19.

Data accessed by The Indian Express shows the Army has spent 72 per cent of its capital budgetary allocations, the highest among the three service, followed by the Navy that has spent 58 per cent and the Air Force which has spent only 56 per cent of their budgetary allocations till February 1.

In a tweet referencing his interactions with Musharraf while he was a United Nations official, Tharoor said: “Once an implacable foe of India, he became a real force for peace 2002-2007. I met him annually in those days at the @un & found him smart, engaging & clear in his strategic thinking. RIP.”

The organisation had passed a resolution in August last year to abstain from participating in the Assembly polls unless the demand for formation of a separate state — comprising the six eastern Nagaland districts of Kiphire, Longleng, Mon, Noklak, Shamator and Tuensang —is met.

Two days into the Assam government’s crackdown against child marriages, similar scenes have been playing out at police stations across the state — from Dhubri in Lower Assam to Majuli in Upper Assam. As of 6 pm on Saturday, 2,258 people were arrested, with 214 new arrests in the last 24 hours.

Sebi assures of action in ‘specific entity related matters’

He said his government has set a goal of getting investment more than the state GDP. Investment will no longer be confined to Lucknow and the NCR, he said, and every district will benefit.

'Congress disrupting Parliament shows the party’s animosity towards President'

Police said the SIT "conducted a thorough investigation examining around 90 witnesses and collected various electronic, technical and biological evidences."

The biennial awards celebrate the finest work done by district magistrates, women and men considered the foot-soldiers of governance as they script change that touches the lives of countless people across the country. Harichandana won the award in the Public Amenities category.

The plan was finalised during a phone conversation among External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and his France and UAE counterparts, Catherine Colonna and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, respectively.

Gudha is the minister of state for sainik kalyan (independent charge), home guard and civil defence (independent charge), as well as panchayati raj and rural development.

EPS faction leader tweets saying BJP can't tell them what to do; in dilemma over whom to support, BJP to try getting OPS to withdraw candidate

“We are working on rural tourism to improve the experience and promote best practices with suggestions from international boards. We are planning archaeological tourism; the slides of India’s tourist sites will be shown to all delegates,” said Union Tourism Secretary Arvind Singh, while talking to reporters on Friday.

Sawai is being questioned on claims made by Gokhale in his statement to the ED that he received Rs 23.54 lakh from Sawai on behalf of the Congress to manage the party's social media presence.

Independent candidate Satyajeet Tambe was declared winner late Thursday evening  against MVA’s Shubhangi Patil from the Nashik division graduates' constituency.

Since the KTV storage and transit facility on Ennore Expressway was developed in a coastal regulation zone  4 km from the Chennai port, the NGT in 2020 said that it could not be considered even for post facto clearance.

CPM: It will aggravate economic crisis; will herald aggressive economic growth: BJP

Tax will kick in only when income above Rs 7 lakh a yr; capex surge in pre-poll year

Besides, the Ministry has allocated Rs 1,046.22 crore to the 34 central autonomous bodies under its purview, such as akademis, museums, libraries and other cultural institutions across India, to support their programmes and activities.

The Centre is to facilitate one crore farmers to adopt natural farming over the next three years, for which 10,000 bio-input resource centres will be set-up.

In the budget allocation for school education, there has been an overall increase of Rs 9,752.07 crore (16.51 per cent), and for higher education, an amount of Rs 44,094.62 crore has been made as compared to Rs 40,828.35 crore in RE 2022-23, an increase of 8 per cent.

The Finance Minister also announced tax reliefs for the cooperative sector. An allocation of Rs 1,149.38 crore has been made for 2023-24, which is higher than the BE of Rs 900 crore in 2022-23 but lower than the current year’s revised estimates of Rs 1624.74 crore.

The two NSAs met for the first meeting of the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET), which was decided between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden in May 2022 on the sidelines of the Quad meeting in Tokyo.